New Date for Operation of Section 19.
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The secretary to the Ministry of Transport recently announced that it has been represented strongly to the Minister, by organized bodies of employers and workpeople in the transport industry, that the operation of the provisions of Section 19 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, which limit the time during which drivers of certain vehicles may
D20 remain continuously on duty, should be postponed from the date provisionally fixed for this section to come into force —viz., February 1st.
The suggestion was made in order that time might he allowed for completing negotiations at present proceeding between the parties with a view to•the making of a joint application to the Minister for a regulation varying the provisions of the section in order to meet special cases. In all the circumstances the Minister has decided to meet this request, and has now fixed April 1st as the date on which this section of the Act will be brought into operation.